Love Stinks

Where there is hatred, there is love. Where there is confusion, there is understanding.

That is my best friend’s favorite saying. I have been trying to make sense of it for months now. I only just figured out the depth of it. Have you ever loved someone so much that you hated them for not loving you back? Or maybe you thought you understood someone, and then something fell out of place and everything went blank. Your world turned upside down, driven by a force greater than gravity, it always happens, so beware, nothing lasts forever

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